Statesmen spearhead business education program
JA in a Day is the first of its kind. Junior Achievement (JA) is a national organization dedicated to teaching elementary schoolers about financial literacy, workplace readiness and entrepreneurship. Marshall’s IB business program, however, is the first to adapt the JA program in such a way that high schoolers can teach it entirely in a day—as opposed to one session a week for six weeks.
“It was a huge deal,” IB Business teacher Rebekah Glasbrenner said.